overnight hospital stays: i've come close a few times, like the
time i had a concussion, or the time i had a head-on
collision with a motorcycle & they thought i had a concussion.
but in the end, i'm sorry happy to say, no.

with lines out of anything from "she's the man" to "help!"
to "goonies" to "you've got mail" to "the princess bride" to
"arrested development" (not a movie, but work with me here)
& on & on & on! HOWEVER, the very first one that popped in

my head is this classic line from "what about bob" i say often:

"gimme, gimme, gimme, i NEED, i NEED!"

bahahaaaa. so good.

right or left-handed: write.

siblings: older brother. younger sister. younger brother.

time you wake up: totally depends on the day. anywhere from 7 am to probably 11, 11:30 am.

underwear: yes.

vegetables you dislike: you know, the more that i
think about it, i actually really like most vegetables!
asparagus, artichoke, carrots, broccoli...all okay
in my book! after much consideration, though, i'm
gonna hafta go with beets. not a huge fan.

what makes you run late: trying to decide what to wear! stressful.

x-rays you have had done: i had a cat scan once?
can that count? because other than that none...
i guess i could count those crazy ones they take
of your mouth & teeth at the dentists too, couldn't i?

Sunday, November 13, 2011

so ever since our move to new york, husband's cello has been up near rochester with his aunt & uncle

(who were able to drive the cello out east after being in utah for the family reunion...so much better than

trying to cart that instrument on an airplane!). we've been hemming & hawing about how to get the cello from rochester to manhattan--fly? take the train? the bus? accio cello?--but on saturday afternoon (literally over our second helpings at this) we just up & decided to rush home, rent a car, & drive to upstate new york RIGHT THEN. the next hour was a flurry of rushing home, changing, packing up a few car-trip necessities, calling through every rental car joint in manhattan to find the best price, & rushing off to catch the bus to the airport where our little car was waiting.

about an hour & a half later we were passing through brooklyn on I-80 heading north & still marveling at the spontaneity of it all.

three & one half hours later we pulled up at the cracker barrel in binghamton, ny, where we had planned to meet up with aunt janet & that blasted blessed cello. while aunt j was still on her way, we unabashedly ordered some of that good country cookin' cooking.

if you've ever been to cracker barrel

you know all about this game. &

perhaps how competitive husband &

i got playing it.

from one cracker to another: husband's first time at cracker barrel!

the. most. welcome. sight. after. hours. in. the. car. (in no way am i talking about myself in this picture.)

as if that frustratingly addictive peg game on every table coupled with that good homestyle cookin'

cooking weren't enough, cracker barrel also has this whole other huge section of space devoted

the drive home was filled with dancing/singing loudly to this classic,

while wendy's treated us well with some chocolate frosties.

the trip turned out so much better than we even thought: we thought we'd get home around FIVE AM (eek!) but we pulled into claremont avenue around midnight! amazing! (it certainly helped that aunt janet

drove two hours out from her house to meet up with us at cracker barrel. THANK YOU AUNT JANET).

& now we've been able to enjoy a happy reunion with the beloved cello that has been months in coming. cello certainly feels like another member of the family!